By-A 35-year-old Maphisa man is on the run after he allegedly killed his neighbour by stabbing him with a knife in the chest in a dispute over an undisclosed issue.

Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident which occurred at Mathale Business Centre in Maphisa.

She said the suspect who was still at large, Pride Ndlovu had a fight with Brighton Mlambo and a fellow villager intervened. She said the pair had another confrontation the following day where Ndlovu stabbed Mlambo and he died on the spot.

“I can confirm that we recorded a murder case in Maphisa where a man fatally stabbed another. Pride Ndlovu and Brighton Mlambo were drinking at Mathale Business Centre when they had a misunderstanding over an undisclosed issue. They exchanged blows but a villager managed to restrain them.
“On the following day Ndlovu and Mlambo met at the business centre and they had an altercation which emanated from the previous grudge. Ndlovu retrieved a knife from his trousers pocket and stabbed Mlambo in the chest before fleeing the scene. Mlambo bled profusely and he staggered for a distance of about 10 metres before he collapsed and died. The matter was reported to the police who attended the scene and the now deceased’s body was taken to Maphisa District Hospital Mortuary,” she said.
Insp Mangena said police had launched a manhunt for Ndlovu and she appealed with members of the public with information on his whereabouts to visit any police station near them.
She appealed with members of the public to desist from resorting to violence in a bid to resolve disputes.

“As police we continue to emphasise restraint among people. People shouldn’t resort to violence to resolve disputes or keep grudges. These two men had a misunderstanding and two days later they still had a grudge which resulted in the death of one of them. Most of these murder cases are caused by issues that can be resolved amicably,” she said.

By- The 28 parliamentarians that won seats in the National Assembly elections held in the by-elections held on March 26 have been sworn in.
The MPs took their oaths before Clerk of Parliament Mr Kennedy Chokuda.
Citizens Coalition for Change won 19 seats, with Zanu PF grabbing nine.

By-The ruling Zanu PF party has vowed that it will never surrender power to opposition parties, saying it will “rule for a very long time”.

This was disclosed yesterday by Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu in Harare while officiating at a send-off ceremony of 36 party members set for a training stint at the Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre in Tanzania.

The centre, which was built by the Chinese Communist Party on a US$40 million budget, specialises in policy and leadership studies.
Mpofu described Zanu PF as one of the most formidable political parties in southern Africa.

“We are going to be in power for a very long time. We are not going to surrender power. We will always be the governing party,” Mpofu said.
Mpofu revealed that in January 2019 during fuel protests, panicky President Emmerson Mnangagwa had to hastily dispatch the late Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri to Tanzania to lobby for support to quash the protests as he felt that his grip on power was under threat.
“President Mnangagwa had to dispatch the late Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri to lobby for support in Tanzania after the stay-away. The late Tanzanian President John Magufuli promised unwavering support and said all regime change machinations would be thwarted,” Mpofu said.
During the three-day protests, security forces used lethal force to crush nationwide demonstrations after government had announced a fuel price increase of 150%. Security forces fired live ammunition on unarmed civilians, killing 17 people.
Mpofu flaunted his liberation war credentials, claiming that he was trained in Tanzania during the liberation struggle.
“Tanzania was one of the first countries to train liberation fighters. I trained in Tanzania in 1968 where I was with the likes of Ambrose Mutinhiri who was an instructor then.”
Mpofu said the 36 trainees were drawn from the ruling party, the public service and other institutions.
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By-The ZIMSEC has released Advanced Level (A’ Level) results.

ZIMSEC board chairperson, Professor Eddie Mwenje made the announcement Tuesday. 

In a statement, seen by Pindula News, Prof Mwenje said the results are accessible online on the ZIMSEC portal with effect from 6 pm on Tuesday. The collection of results will start Wednesday while the Portal will be open for 5 days only. We present the statement below:

RE: RELEASE OF NOVEMBER 2021 ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION RESULTS

Introduction The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Board and Management would like to advise the nation of the release of the 2021 November Advanced Level examination results which were written between 1 December 2021 and 31 January 2022. Heads of Examination Centres will be able to collect the results for their respective schools/centres from our Regional Offices on Wednesday, 6 April 2022. The Advanced Level Examination results, will be accessible online to all Candidates and authorised personnel with effect from today the 5th April, 2022 beginning at 18:00 hrs. The results can be accessed online through the ZIMSEC portal. As usual, our Website address is www.zimsec.co.zw. Candidates are advised to click on their respective region where they will be redirected to the portal on which they can access their results. Please take note that this portal will be open for 5 days only.

Allow me from the onset to express on behalf of the Board our profound appreciation to all major stakeholders of the examination process for a timely delivery. The examination process ended on 3151 January and after 2 months, the results are here. Zimsec wishes to acknowledge the commitment of our examiners, the support given by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, the Ministry of Health and Child Care and our parent Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and indeed our ZIMSEC Staff. We are therefore excited that we are releasing the results earlier than was the case for the 2020 results by at least 3 weeks. We are also grateful to God that as we continue to see an improvement in the covid-19 pandemic situation, it may point to the fact that we may soon return to normalcy.

Entry and Pass Rate There was a decrease of 2.03% in the candidate entries where the total number of candidates who sat for the November 2021 examinations was 49 128, as compared to 50 287 in November 2020.

Of these, 48 234 wrote 2 or more subjects compared to 49 153 last year. For those who wrote two or more subjects, 40 842 obtained Grade E or better. This translates to 84.67% pass rate. 

In November 2020 however, 49 153 wrote two or more subjects and 39 802 obtained Grade E or better in two or more subjects translating to a percentage pass rate of 80.98. The national pass rate for2021. therefore, increased by 3.68%.

School Candidates

The total number of school candidates in November 2021 was 40 806. Of these, 40 599 wrote 2 or more subjects and 35 276 obtained Grade E or better yielding a percentage pass rate of 86.89. In comparison, 42 231 school candidates sat in November 2020, with 41 691 writing two or more subjects and 34 597 obtaining Grade E or better, yielding a percentage pass rate of 82.98. This translates to a percentage increase of 3.99 in 2021.

Gender

The total number of female school candidates who sat for 2 or more subjects in November 2021 Advanced level examinations was 20 262. Of this number, 18 043 passed two or more subjects yielding 89.04% pass rate; an increase of 3.24 percentage points from 85.8% for 2020. The total number of male school candidates who sat for two or more subjects were 20 337 and 17 233 passed two or more subjects, which translates to 84.72%, an increase of 4.61 percentage points from 80.31% for 2020

Private Candidates 

In November 2021, the total number of private candidates was 8 322. Of these, 7 725, wrote two or more subjects and 5 566 obtained a Grade E or better, which translated to a percentage pass rate of 72.05%, while in November 2020, the total number of private candidates was 8 056. Out of this number, 7 462 wrote two or more subjects and 5 205 obtained a Grade E or better, which also translated into a percentage pass rate of 69.75%.

Special Needs Candidates

The total number of special needs candidates who sat for the November 2021, Advanced level examinations was 56 and 54 passed 2 or more subjects yielding a percentage pass rate of 96.42%. The candidates were in 4 different categories namely; Enlarged Print, Braille, Hearing Impairment and Physical Impairment. 

By-Fired Affirmative Action Group leadership led by Mr Mike Chimombe has challenged their ouster and said that it wanted to form a rival empowerment lobby.

They said they would accept the decision taken by founding president, Philip Chiyangwa, who remains the signatory to the AAG accounts.

Last week, Chiyangwa dissolved the AAG presidium with Mr Scott Sakupwanya taking over the reins from Mr Chimombe.
Mr Chimombe and his executive claimed they did not receive any formal communication from Chiyangwa about their expulsion saying they only knew of the development through the media.
“We are here to respond to the dissolution of AAG executive led by Mr Chimombe. We only say the dissolution was made through the media. We have never received any formal communication to date.”
Speaking at a media conference in Harare recently outgoing vice president responsible for operations, Mr Munyaradzi Kashambe, said they respected the decision made by Chiyangwa.
Chiyangwa said the decision was meant to strengthen and augment the zeal to empower the organisation.
“However, it is a bit of a surprise that an executive that has gone worldwide can be dissolved without any meeting or formal communication. It left us with no option, but to accept what Chiyangwa has done to us.
“We have realised that we cannot fight back or force ourselves to be part of AAG. This is a decision made by Chiyangwa,” said Mr Kashambe.
He confirmed that they were going to form a rival outfit saying consultations with relevant stakeholders were underway.
“We are leaving AAG to come up with a new baby after consultations with the relevant stakeholders and our national executive.
“We are coming up with a new name that is people centred, coming from the people, by the people, for the people.
“We want to come up with an empowerment lobby group that will cater for the people in the rural areas of Zimbabwe and abandon this elitist organisation,” said Mr Kashambe.
The new lobby, he said, was going to be broad-based with a national outlook. Herald

By- High Court judge Justice Gladys Mhuri Monday dismissed an application by activist Namatai Kwekweza, who sought to challenge the legality of the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office by five years.

On May 16 last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended Malaba’s term of office saying he was medically fit to continue as the country’s top judge despite being 70, the retirement age for judges.

Several human rights organisations, including Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika, contested the decision without success.

On May 20 last year, Kwekweza wrote to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) through her lawyers Scanlen and Holderness requesting information relating to how the JSC had arrived at the decision to recommend the extension of Malaba’s term of office beyond retirement age. Kwekweza submitted in her letter:

How did the JSC come to a decision on the appropriate recommendation to make to the President under section 186(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe relating to … Malaba’s bid to continue as CJ for another five years? In particular, was a meeting held by the commissioners for this purpose? Was a resolution passed to make the appropriate recommendation? If so, may we have a copy of the resolution? If a resolution was passed … which commissioners of JSC voted in favour of recommending that … Malaba’s tenure be extended for another five years and which commissioners voted against?

The JSC responded through its legal practitioners Kantor and Immerman dismissing Kwekwedza’s request saying that it infringed on the individual’s rights. The JSC lawyers wrote back:

Kindly note that our client avers that the information request you have made is not in accordance with the applicable law. Any such request is subject to the rights of the individuals and institutions concerned. There’s no automatic right to the information.

Kwekweza was, however, not satisfied with the response and she filed a High Court application.

Justice Mhuri said the case confirmed the CJ’s position to remain in office for the next five years as accepted by the President. Mhuri added that the case sealed and brought to finality any challenge to the CJ’s extension of tenure and all the processes that led to it.

More: NewsDay Zimbabwe

By- President Emmerson Mnangagwa has retired Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chairman, Tafataona Mahoso.

Mahoso was instrumental in clamping down on media outlets critical to the government during the era of the late long time ruler, Robert Mugabe.

He has appointed Mr Academy Bvumayi Chinamhora as the ZMC acting secretary.

In a statement, ZMC board chairperson Prof Ruby Magosvongwe said Mr Bvumayi’s appointment is from April 1. Said Mr Magosvongwe:

Following the December 2021 Board of Commissioners resolution to retire Dr Tafataona Mahoso in early 2022 because he would have reached pensionable age, we hereby congratulate Mr Academy Bvumayi Chinamhora for being appointed the ZMC acting secretary with effect from 1st April 2022.

We look forward to working well with Mr Chinamhora in his role.

The ZMC secretary reports to the board in addition to being in charge of the ZMC operations, including actively engaging in pertinent issues affecting the ZMC’s Constitutional mandate and helping find solutions.

Mr Chinamhora is the current ZMC manager responsible for research, training and development, a position he has held since 2012.

He holds an undergraduate degree in Politics and Administration from the University of Zimbabwe obtained in 1987.

Mr Chinamhora also holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations.

He worked in Information, Posts and Telecommunications from 1992 to 2002 after which he joined the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe before joining the MIC in 2006, which transformed into ZMC in 2009 as a Constitutional body upholding Constitutionalism and democracy through the media. 

More: Chronicle

By A Correspondent- One person died earlier today while 22 others were injured when an Inter Africa Bus Services veered off the road and overturned at the 39km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo road.

The injured were taken to Norton Hospital for treatment.

The bus which had 58 passengers was heading towards the city when the accident occurred at around 6.20 am.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed and said they were still gathering more facts about the accident.

Tinashe Sambiri|The outcome of the March 26 by-elections is a sign of great hope for the nation, Citizens’ Coalition For Change leader, President Nelson Chamisa has said.

According to President Chamisa, citizens are the “compass of politics, not politicians.”

“CITIZENS’ MPs SWORN IN TODAY…

The recent by-elections taught all that ultimately CITIZENS have the power to change things & define the direction of a nation.

CITIZENS are the compass of all politics,not political parties or politicians.

Thank you God Almighty. Thank you Citizens,” President Chamisa wrote on his official Facebook page.

In a statement CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba said:

The people’s President Advocate Nelson Chamisa would like to thank all Citizens for coming out in large numbers and in the process sending an emphatic message about the possibilities of CitizensPower.

Today our inaugural 19 CCC Members of Parliament will be sworn in as the 1st batch of our team to form the next government. We are excited and we assure Citizens that all our 19 Parliamentarians will execute our citizen centered Parliamentary agenda by holding the Executive to account and sponsoring and supporting legislation that entrenches democracy, the rule of law, transparency & accountability.

We will also have later this week the swearing in of Citizens’ Councillors across the country.

This is all born out of the collective efforts of Citizens with the intention to win our country for total transformation.

2023 beckons and we urge every young person to REGISTER TO VOTE.

With love and solidarity always.

Your Champion in Chief

By A Correspondent- Zanu PF’s Central Comittee member John Nhamburo, who allegedly ran over and killed a CCC member on by-elections day in a hit and run accident has died.

The cause of death is not known.

This was revealed by Job Sikhala, the Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC) Vice National Chairman, Human Rights Lawyer and legislator for Zengeza West constituency who said:.

“John nhamburo central committee member yezanupf uyo akatsika nhengo yeccc kuchaona on byelections day pachiitiko che hit and run pamwe nekushungurudza vagari munguva yemabyelections kuward 2 chaona ikoko afuma akashaya.chakonzera rufu hapana aziva sezvo afa asina kurwara.”

This means: “John Nhamburo, a Zanu PF Central Committee member who ran over a CCC member on by- elections day in Chaona in a hit and run accident has died. Nhamburo was also behind the victimisation of Ward 2 residents. He died in his sleep and his body was discovered this morning but the cause of death is not known since he had no known ailment neither was he sick. He just died.”

Below is the tweet from Sikhala:

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By A Correspondent- An InterAfrica bus overturned along Bulawayo road this morning, ZimEye reveals.

The bus which was coming from Murombedzi, reportedly overturned at Karina along Bulawayo road.

The number of casualties was not yet established by the time of writing, with others alleging that the bus had on board standing passengers.

The cause of the accident was also yet to be confirmed by the time of writing but social media users alleged that the accident may have been caused by overspeeding.

This is a developing story.

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By A Correspondent- The ruling Zanu-PF party has vowed that it will never surrender power to opposition parties, saying it will “rule for a very long time”.

This was disclosed yesterday by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu in Harare while officiating at a send-off ceremony of 36 party members set for a training stint at the Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre in Tanzania.

The centre, which was built by the Chinese Communist Party on a US$40 million budget, specialises in policy and leadership studies.

Mpofu described Zanu-PF as one of the most formidable political parties in southern Africa.

“We are going to be in power for a very long time. We are not going to surrender power. We will always be the governing party,” Mpofu said.

Mpofu revealed that in January 2019 during fuel protests, panicky President Emmerson Mnangagwa had to hastily dispatch the late Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri to Tanzania to lobby for support to quash the protests as he felt that his grip on power was under threat.

“President Mnangagwa had to dispatch the late Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri to lobby for support in Tanzania after the stay-away. The late Tanzanian President John Magufuli promised unwavering support and said all regime change machinations would be thwarted,” Mpofu said.

During the three-day protests, security forces used lethal force to crush nationwide demonstrations after government had announced a fuel price increase of 150%. Security forces fired live ammunition on unarmed civilians, killing 17 people.

Mpofu flaunted his liberation war credentials, claiming that he was trained in Tanzania during the liberation struggle.

“Tanzania was one of the first countries to train liberation fighters. I trained in Tanzania in 1968 where I was with the likes of Ambrose Mutinhiri who was an instructor then.”

Mpofu said the 36 trainees were drawn from the ruling party, the public service and other institutions.

The Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre prides itself in contextualising problems and their solutions. It draws from a wide variety of approaches, that include, innovative policy leading research, quality dialogues, youth training and mentoring, providing an important platform for distinguished African intellectuals and scholars.-newsday

By A Correspondent- A standoff between markers and the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has resulted in the examination board failing to release the 2021 Ordinary and Advanced Level results in time.

In previous years, Zimsec would release results in February, giving prospective “A” Level pupils time to enrol and learn for at least a month.

However, the first term ends on Thursday, with both “O” and “A” Level results for 2021 yet

to be released, affecting for high schools and universities plans.

Scores of markers boycotted marking of examinations midway after Zimsec failed to pay agreed allowances.

The delay in releasing the results has resulted in “O” Level pupils failing to enrol for Form 5 classes for the first term.

It has also seen some pupils awaiting “A” Level results failing to enrol with tertiary institutions such as the Zimbabwe Open University during the March intake window, while others like the Midlands State University have been forced to defer their intakes.

Zimsec spokesperson Nicholette Dlamini yesterday blamed the COVID-19 pandemic for causing a shift in the normal calendar of the marking and release of the examination results.

She said the board would release the results “soon”, but failed to provide the exact date.

“The year 2019 was the last year we had the normal school year. This is 2022 that we are now having a normal school year. If you look at 2021, the first term started in March and last year, the results came on April 23 and we haven’t reached the date,” Dlamini said.

By A Correspondent- A magistrate has been suspended over a litany of charges, including claims she made staff clean her mess in the toilet.

Oratile Nare, a former assistant to a High Court judge, was appointed a magistrate last year after escaping with a warning in another matter in which she was accused of sending a judge’s nudes to a WhatsApp group.

Nare has now been suspended pending investigations into alleged professional misconduct as a magistrate in Nkayi.

Judicial Service Commission secretary Walter Chikwana said: “The magistrate has been suspended to allow investigations into several complaints we have received over her conduct. There is an investigation in progress and we will advise of its findings at the appropriate time.”

ZimLive understands Nare threatened to get prosecutors sacked and verbally abused suspects.

A source said: “The complaints are many and varied. She allegedly made staff flush her mess in a toilet reserved for the magistrate; she allegedly ordered suspects not to look at her and deliberately left her handbag at work before ordering staff to bring it to her.

“Relations with prosecutors were particularly frayed. She would tell them that she’s powerful because she caused a judge to be suspended.”

Justice Thompson Mabhikwa is currently being probed by a tribunal for “gross misconduct” after images said to be of his penis, and intimate chats with a woman, were sent to various WhatsApp groups from his phone.

Mabhikwa has accused Nare of sending the images to spite him, allegedly after she discovered that he was seeing other women.

Nare, who was working as an assistant to Justice Maxwell Takuva of the Bulawayo High Court, escaped with just a warning over the incident, and was later appointed a magistrate.

“She’s aggressive and rude,” a legal source said.

By A Correspondent- The MDC Alliance chairperson, Morgen Komichi has rebuked some members for causing chaos in the opposition party in remarks seen as aimed at its leader, Douglas Mwonzora.

After the party failed to win a single National Assembly or local government seat in the March 26 by-elections, some party members are unhappy with Mwonzora’s continued leadership and want him out.

Mwonzora has reportedly suspended losing parliamentary candidate for Epworth constituency in the recent by-elections, Zivai Mhetu, accusing him of bringing the name of the party into disrepute.

On Friday, Mwonzora is alleged to have called in anti-riot police and bouncers to block Mhetu from entering the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters.

THE MDC Alliance chairperson, Morgen Komichi has rebuked some members for causing chaos in the opposition party in remarks seen as aimed at its leader, Douglas Mwonzora.

After the party failed to win a single National Assembly or local government seat in the March 26 by-elections, some party members are unhappy with Mwonzora’s continued leadership and want him out.

Mwonzora has reportedly suspended losing parliamentary candidate for Epworth constituency in the recent by-elections, Zivai Mhetu, accusing him of bringing the name of the party into disrepute.

On Friday, Mwonzora is alleged to have called in anti-riot police and bouncers to block Mhetu from entering the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters.-Newsday

By- That parliament said it was not going to issue cars to newly-elected CCC Members of Parliament.

  The Parliament said these MPs got cars as MDC Alliance MPs before they were recalled by MDC-T .

Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda said this in an interview with The Sunday Mail.

Chokuda said the winners of the by-elections held on March 26 will be sworn in this week after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) gives Parliament the full list of successful candidates. He said:

The swearing-in of members will be done at the earliest possible date, most probably the first week of April, once ZEC has officially written to Parliament giving us the full list of all the successful candidates.

We note that on 31st March 2022 ZEC gazetted the list of successful candidates and hence we expect that communication any time from now.

Chokuda said all new Members of Parliament (MPs) will receive the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) for this year and next year. Said Chokuda:

In respect of vehicles, this will be treated on a case by case basis depending on the status of the member. The new members will get a vehicle as expected.

Those returning to Parliament and who had received a vehicle during the life of this Parliament have already been covered and hence will not get a new vehicle.

The law says a Member is only eligible for one vehicle every five years.

However, if a Member was recalled before they received a vehicle they will still be eligible to receive a vehicle.

There are 28 new MPs, 19 from CCC, the majority are returning to Parliament, and 9 from ZANU PF.

More: The Sunday Mail

By A Correspondent- Mashaba area in Matabeleland South province was the scene of bloody clashes at the weekend after Botswana cattle farmers teamed up with Gwanda villagers to attack suspected cattle rustlers.

The cattle rustlers were reportedly caught red-handed driving away donkeys and cattle, leading to the bloody clashes.

This came a few days after authorities from the two countries pledged to co-operate in fighting stocktheft.

A villager said cattle farmers from Botswana came to Gwanda last week to track their stolen cattle.

We then went to the Nhwali area using three cars. At the John dip tank, we found 11 stolen donkeys in a kraal. We apprehended two suspects and drove away the donkeys. The suspects had divided themselves into groups and others were driving stolen cattle. They then attacked and injured four of our members,” said a villager, who refused to be named.

He said those injured were taken to Manama Hospital, where they were transferred to Gwanda Hospital.

“Two of the suspects were apprehended and taken to Guyu Police Station, while one succumbed to injuries,” he said.

Matabeleland South Anti-Stock Theft Association chairperson Victor Sibanda appealed to security forces to intensify patrols along the border area.

Matabeleland South police spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena said she could not comment on the issue as she was not at work, while national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was  not aware of the incident.-Newsday

By- There was violence at Zimdancehall musician Killer T’s aborted Botswana sho after the artiste failed to show up.

 Killer T had done an endorsement video and notified his fans he would be in Botswana on 2 April to perform at Big Five lodge.

H-Metro reported sources as saying the musician told his Botswana contacts that he was on his way to the show and fans filled up the venue.

Violence reportedly broke up at the venue when Killer T did not show up and some bouncers were stabbed while the venue was damaged during the melee.

One of the show coordinators, Boss Lazzy, accused Killer T of unprofessionalism and soiling their name. He said fans had paid cash P150 and P300 VIP. Said Boss Lazzy:

We engaged Killer T for the show, he was supposed to arrive here on Friday.

He didn’t make it and promised to come on Saturday, after saying he missed his flight.

We gave him US$2 000 after he had said haadi zvemahalf (he doesn’t want to be paid in instalments). 

Fans then heard that he had not come and violence erupted resulting in bouncers being stabbed.

DJ Prosper Taks, who was performing at the show, also confirmed the incident. He said:

Killer T akatikuvadzisa, (he got us into trouble) things were damaged and fans were injured, bottles were thrown.

Bouncers escaped from the venue with stab wounds.

I ran away from the scene after removing my instruments, some speakers were taken, and lights were destroyed.

I don’t think Zimbos will do a show again here because the venue owners are not happy.

Fans were waiting for him but he did not come and we played other songs until 2 AM.

People then realised he was not coming, we tried playing his songs but Killer T haana kubatika.

People are admitted in the hospital right now, venue yakaita marara.

Anga azadza but he disappointed. I had to play his songs kuti vanhu vadzikame until 2 AM tatoona kuti amahwani ayo, ndopandakazotiza vakukwira pastage.

H-Metro could not get in touch with Killer T camp as his mobile phones were not reachable.

More: H-Metro

By- Exiled former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi said that the majority of top ZANU PF officials are so old they will be dead by 2028.

The South African-based former G40 kingpin suggested that the demise of “old things” will result in the emergence of a new system that rewards merit not entitlement.

Mzembi made the remarks while contributing to a heated Twitter conversation over the weekend.

A ZANU PF sympathiser had declared that the new parliament building under construction in Mt Hampden will not accommodate opposition members when it is finally commissioned. In response, Mzembi said:

Old things are passing away, by 2028 the remnants will be gone to be with the ancestors.

Zimbabweans shall redefine a new value system not based on entitlement but on merit and only the people’s choices will make laws from this building.

Mzembi said by “old things”, he was referring to the older generation in government, adding that older generations would have died.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is 79 years old and will be 85 in 2028 while his deputy Constantino Chiwenga will be 71.

ZANU PF vice president and second secretary Kembo Mohadi would be 78 in 2028.

Mzembi left the country at the height of the 2017 military coup that deposed Robert Mugabe before Mnangagwa eventually took over the reins.

More: New Zimbabwe

By-Former first lady Grace Mugabe is reported to be worried over her son Robert Mugabe Jnr’s newfound associations in Zanu PF.

Robert Jnr graced the Zanu PF Chitungwiza rally two weeks ago in the company of self-proclaimed prophet Passion Java and other socialites.

Mugabe even shook hands with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and posed for a photo with the president’s son, Emmerson Mnangagwa Jr.

Grace is worried that Robert could get sucked into deadly ZANU PF fights given how his late father lost his position as party leader and Head of State.

The NewsHawks reported a family source as saying Grace is not happy with Robert Jr’s links with Java. Said the source:

She is worried and very angry with him at the same time. The former first lady only learnt about the Passion Java, Robert Jnr links a few weeks ago and she is not happy with that. Not only Amai is unhappy about that, but the whole family.

In a recent interview with a local online platform, Robert Jnr confirmed his relationship with Java. He said:

Our relationship is just natural. I first saw him on social media and thought he was a funny guy.

He is smart and I always wanted to meet him and it so happened we were in Zimbabwe at the same time.

One of my friends who knows him linked me and we linked up and we now spend a lot of time almost every day.

He is a spiritual guy, a decent and straight person and I look at him as a mentor. He is like a spiritual figure in my life. He is wise, a wise guy.

More: The NewsHawks

By- Zimdancehall artist Killer T allegedly failed to show up for a show in Botswana where he was supposed to perform on Saturday.

Killer T had done an endorsement video and notified his fans he would be in Botswana on 2 April to perform at Big Five lodge.

H-Metro reported sources as saying the musician told his Botswana contacts that he was on his way to the show and fans filled up the venue.

Violence reportedly broke up at the venue when Killer T did not show up and some bouncers were stabbed while the venue was damaged during the melee.

One of the show coordinators, Boss Lazzy, accused Killer T of unprofessionalism and soiling their name. He said fans had paid cash P150 and P300 VIP. Said Boss Lazzy:

We engaged Killer T for the show, he was supposed to arrive here on Friday.

He didn’t make it and promised to come on Saturday, after saying he missed his flight.

We gave him US$2 000 after he had said haadi zvemahalf (he doesn’t want to be paid in instalments). 

Fans then heard that he had not come and violence erupted resulting in bouncers being stabbed.

DJ Prosper Taks, who was performing at the show, also confirmed the incident. He said:

Killer T akatikuvadzisa, (he got us into trouble) things were damaged and fans were injured, bottles were thrown.

Bouncers escaped from the venue with stab wounds.

I ran away from the scene after removing my instruments, some speakers were taken, and lights were destroyed.

I don’t think Zimbos will do a show again here because the venue owners are not happy.

Fans were waiting for him but he did not come and we played other songs until 2 AM.

People then realised he was not coming, we tried playing his songs but Killer T haana kubatika.

People are admitted in the hospital right now, venue yakaita marara.

Anga azadza but he disappointed. I had to play his songs kuti vanhu vadzikame until 2 AM tatoona kuti amahwani ayo, ndopandakazotiza vakukwira pastage.

H-Metro could not get in touch with Killer T camp as his mobile phones were not reachable.

More: H-Metro

By- MDC-T has removed its Harare Provincial Secretary For Information and Publicity, Fungai Chiposi, from all internal social media groups.

That was on Friday it had blocked him from entering the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters.

In a statement, Chiposi, who ran as the party’s candidate in Kambuzuma Constituency in the 26 March by-elections, said he was blocked by security from entering the offices to attend a National Council meeting and was later removed from party groups. He said:

On Friday 1 April 2022 around 12pm, I was barred from attending the National Council by security at MRT House.

I was informed to contact Youth Chairperson Y. Musarurwa but she was not picking up her phone.

Around 2 pm, I was contacted by the then Chairman Mhetu who asked me to come back to MRT as he would go in with me. However, he was also denied entry.

I met Chairperson Musarurwa and asked her why I was barred and she told me in no uncertain terms to get out of the building. I duly complied.

Later that evening, I was removed from all MDC-T Harare Province groups by Secretary Mukunguma.

Notably, no one has explained to me why these actions were taken. I would like to think the party and its representatives have justification for the above drastic actions.

Chiposi was reportedly blacklisted by the party on allegations of trying to lead a coup against MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora.

Mwonzora is facing internal revolt after the party failed to win a single parliamentary or local government seat in the 26 March by-elections despite getting $150 million under the Political Parties (Finance) Act.

By- Exiled former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi said that the majority of top ZANU PF officials are so old they will be dead by 2028.

The South African-based former G40 kingpin suggested that the demise of “old things” will result in the emergence of a new system that rewards merit not entitlement.

Mzembi made the remarks while contributing to a heated Twitter conversation over the weekend.

A ZANU PF sympathiser had declared that the new parliament building under construction in Mt Hampden will not accommodate opposition members when it is finally commissioned. In response, Mzembi said:

Old things are passing away, by 2028 the remnants will be gone to be with the ancestors.

Zimbabweans shall redefine a new value system not based on entitlement but on merit and only the people’s choices will make laws from this building.

Mzembi said by “old things”, he was referring to the older generation in government, adding that older generations would have died.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is 79 years old and will be 85 in 2028 while his deputy Constantino Chiwenga will be 71.

ZANU PF vice president and second secretary Kembo Mohadi would be 78 in 2028.

Mzembi left the country at the height of the 2017 military coup that deposed Robert Mugabe before Mnangagwa eventually took over the reins.

More: New Zimbabwe

“….Khupe was a dumb partner, a mute, ideologically. She only spoke through her person, nothing more…”

By Farai D Hove | Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba has described Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe as the ZANU PF leader’s girlfriends.

Writing on his state media Jamwanda2 column, Charamba praised the two for taking down Mnangagwa’s political rival Nelson Chamisa during their riotous wrestle for the MDC Alliance organisation.

Charamba said in part:
Khupe picks the prize for ever daring to cross the line for inter-party dialogue, never mind that this was out of necessity. After all she had no way out after Humanikwa, did she? But she boldly moved over, and helped materialise POLAD which ED invented.
History will credit her, whatever her disastrous end.

Mwonzora the ideologue But she was a dumb partner, a mute, ideologically. She only spoke through her person, nothing more.

Yet ZANU-PF needed more than personification; it needed political literacy no iota of which she wielded.

Having created POLAD, ZANU-PF needed an ideologue who would run with, and elaborate on, the concept, through sheer logic and cogency of argument. ZANU-PF’s goal is to insert a new mores in our politics where elections are followed by a de-escalation, all to allow national consensus, national focus and national effort towards betterment of Zimbabweans.
That goal needed validation and echo from its opposite number, something well beyond Khupe conceptually. It needed the agile mind of Mwonzora, who swiftly outgunned Chamisa into an outcast, the black sheep of the Zimbabwe political family.

Political mubvandiripo
With Mwonzora at the helm of MDC —whether T, Alliance or both — POLAD got its mouth, which became a mouthful for Chamisa and all those who bankrolled him.
Even western embassies could not brush aside Mwonzora’s arguments for converged politics. Beyond this elaboration, the legally adept Mwonzora became a two-track menace to Chamisa.
In a series of brilliant legal moves, he rendered Chamisa homeless, both literally and figuratively.
Chamisa lost Harvest House.
And with the subsequent loss of MDC T/Alliance names, Chamisa ceased to be his father’s son, deserving of any heirloom. He became a political mubvandiripo — a political child from elsewhere brought into the fold of mummy’s second marriage! And he admitted to as much, birthing Triple C, his real paternity’s nickname. No DNA test was even necessary! The courts handled Tsvangirai’s political estate handsomely. This redounds to Douglas Mwonzora. Killing for sport Nor was that all. Chamisa’s woes mounted.
Unlike the rather cautious Khupe who recalled her adversaries piecemeal, possibly restrained by a motherly heart – or is it motherly breast too full of the milk of human kindness? — Mwonzora had no breast, no milk to ooze.

He wielded the axe with ruthless abandon,

Mwonzora wielded the axe with ruthless abandon, creating a massive heap of by-electoral rubble which Government had no choice but to clean through March 26 by-elections. If truth be told, Mwonzora forced Government’s hand on these by-elections which he himself, ironically, did not like, and which he would lose dismally. Mwonzora’s recalls became just too many for Government to ignore; the only cure was a round of by-elections which came on March 26.
To that extent, Mwonzora ran and ruled Zimbabwe politically, electorally. Significantly, he still holds the key and tempo to more such by-elections, triggering them by whim and caprice. Soon after results of March 26, he again swung his merciless axe, to recall several councillors, thus triggering the possibility of another round of by-elections, while retaining and fortifying his title as Leader of the Opposition in spite of his defeat. In respect of causing wasteful by-elections, he is some reckless god Shakespeare’s Gloucester had in mind when he remarked: ” As flies are to wanton boys are we to the gods/ They kill us for their sport!”
When nothing changes Mwonzora is not just the Leader of the Opposition in spite of Chamisa’s by-electoral win; he also keeps the purse issuing from national law by way of the Political Parties’ Finance Act.
Add to that the perquisites of the Leader of Opposition, then you have material in part which validates my thesis last week that Mwonzora won before the by-elections.
But it is as an ideologue that Mwonzora

By A Correspondent- A Kadoma pastor was last Tuesday arrested for failing to support his two children.

Pastor Learnmore Mutenha, who is based in Chakari, and belongs to one of the AFM factions, stands accused of allegedly failing to pay $12000, as ordered by the court, for maintenance.

Mutenha is also part of an online group of pastors ‘Kingdom Champions Network International’.

Pastor Mutenha’s former wife, Janet Badza, told H-Metro the man of cloth has not honoured a court order since October last year.

“He is my ex-husband and he has not been paying maintenance of $2400 for his two kids,” said Janet.

“He was arrested.”

H-Metro is reliably informed that Pastor Mutenha was detained at Harare Central Police Station and is expected to appear in court today.

Janet and Pastor Mutenha separated in 2015 and their divorce was granted in October 2019.

By- Zanu PF councillor Sengerayi Manyanga has accused Masvingo City Council of using the local authority’s vehicles to ferry CCC supporters to attend Nelson Chamisa’s recent star rally.

He was joined in the statement by his colleague Councillor Against Chiteme who said that the vehicles carried supporters to the rally held at Rujeko in Masvingo on March 27 2022.
The councillors made the accusations during a full council meeting on Monday last week.
Mayor Collen Maboke however, said that there should be a separation of council vehicles at the rally and council vehicles ferrying supporters. He said that it was possible that council vehicles were at the rally for other business which he said was normal.
He however, said that investigation must be carried out on the matter.
“As councillors we must stop using council vehicles at political rallies. We saw council vehicles ferrying supporters to attend the Rujeko rally. We all have our parties if we do the same with our parties it won’t go down well with you,” said Manyanga.
“The town clerk has to make an investigation. The vehicles might have been doing council business and that there was a rally was just a coincidence,” said Maboke. Masvingo Mirror

By-Former first lady Grace Mugabe is reported to be worried over her son Robert Mugabe Jnr’s newfound associations in Zanu PF.

Robert Jnr graced the Zanu PF Chitungwiza rally two weeks ago in the company of self-proclaimed prophet Passion Java and other socialites.

Mugabe even shook hands with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and posed for a photo with the president’s son, Emmerson Mnangagwa Jr.

Grace is worried that Robert could get sucked into deadly ZANU PF fights given how his late father lost his position as party leader and Head of State.

The NewsHawks reported a family source as saying Grace is not happy with Robert Jr’s links with Java. Said the source:

She is worried and very angry with him at the same time. The former first lady only learnt about the Passion Java, Robert Jnr links a few weeks ago and she is not happy with that. Not only Amai is unhappy about that, but the whole family.

In a recent interview with a local online platform, Robert Jnr confirmed his relationship with Java. He said:

Our relationship is just natural. I first saw him on social media and thought he was a funny guy.

He is smart and I always wanted to meet him and it so happened we were in Zimbabwe at the same time.

One of my friends who knows him linked me and we linked up and we now spend a lot of time almost every day.

He is a spiritual guy, a decent and straight person and I look at him as a mentor. He is like a spiritual figure in my life. He is wise, a wise guy.

More: The NewsHawks

By- MDC-T has removed its Harare Provincial Secretary For Information and Publicity, Fungai Chiposi, from all internal social media groups.

That was on Friday it had blocked him from entering the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters.

In a statement, Chiposi, who ran as the party’s candidate in Kambuzuma Constituency in the 26 March by-elections, said he was blocked by security from entering the offices to attend a National Council meeting and was later removed from party groups. He said:

On Friday 1 April 2022 around 12pm, I was barred from attending the National Council by security at MRT House.

I was informed to contact Youth Chairperson Y. Musarurwa but she was not picking up her phone.

Around 2 pm, I was contacted by the then Chairman Mhetu who asked me to come back to MRT as he would go in with me. However, he was also denied entry.

I met Chairperson Musarurwa and asked her why I was barred and she told me in no uncertain terms to get out of the building. I duly complied.

Later that evening, I was removed from all MDC-T Harare Province groups by Secretary Mukunguma.

Notably, no one has explained to me why these actions were taken. I would like to think the party and its representatives have justification for the above drastic actions.

Chiposi was reportedly blacklisted by the party on allegations of trying to lead a coup against MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora.

Mwonzora is facing internal revolt after the party failed to win a single parliamentary or local government seat in the 26 March by-elections despite getting $150 million under the Political Parties (Finance) Act.

By- MDC-T Harare Provincial Secretary For Information and Publicity, Fungai Chiposi, was on Friday blocked from entering the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters.

In a statement, Chiposi, who ran as the party’s candidate in Kambuzuma Constituency in the 26 March by-elections, said he was blocked by security from entering the offices to attend a National Council meeting and was later removed from party groups. He said:

On Friday 1 April 2022 around 12pm, I was barred from attending the National Council by security at MRT House.

I was informed to contact Youth Chairperson Y. Musarurwa but she was not picking up her phone.

Around 2 pm, I was contacted by the then Chairman Mhetu who asked me to come back to MRT as he would go in with me. However, he was also denied entry.

I met Chairperson Musarurwa and asked her why I was barred and she told me in no uncertain terms to get out of the building. I duly complied.

Later that evening, I was removed from all MDC-T Harare Province groups by Secretary Mukunguma.

Notably, no one has explained to me why these actions were taken. I would like to think the party and its representatives have justification for the above drastic actions.

Chiposi was reportedly blacklisted by the party on allegations of trying to lead a coup against MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora.

Mwonzora is facing internal revolt after the party failed to win a single parliamentary or local government seat in the 26 March by-elections despite getting $150 million under the Political Parties (Finance) Act.

By-South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has denounced operation Dudula.

Ramaphosa said the ruling African National Congress (ANC) cannot support the anti-foreign nationals campaign by Operation Dudula, describing the movement as a “vigilante-like force”.

Speaking during the ANC’s Mpumalanga conference over the weekend, Ramaphosa said Operation Dudula seeks to divide African people. He said:

We cannot support a vigilante-type-of move against a group of people and particularly targeting them as foreign nationals because what we are doing then is just to divide our people on the African continent.

Operation Dudula emerged in recent months and its members, led by Nhlanhla “Lux”, have been moving door to door in parts of South Africa and kicking out foreigners.

Supporters of the movement accuse foreign nationals of “stealing our jobs” and selling illicit drugs in the country.

Lux was recently arrested and charged while members of the group have pledged their undying support for the movement.

Meanwhile, Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile has voiced his support for Operation Dudula and urged the South African Government to address the group’s concerns.

Khanyile said Operation Dudula is not against foreign nationals, it is against illegal foreign nationals.

More: The South African

By- The eight Bulawayo City Council (BCC) councillors who won in the 26 March by-elections were sworn in on Monday.

The swearing-in ceremony, which was held at the council chamber, was attended by the newly-elected councillors, other councillors, heads of council departments, and invited guests.

All the eight councillors were elected on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) tickets, with five of them formerly MDC Alliance councillors who were recalled from Council by the MDC-T.

The eight are Edwin Ndlovu (Ward 8), Donaldson Mabutho (Ward 9), Lilian Mlilo (Ward 12), Concilia Mlalazi (Ward 13), Christopher Dube (Ward 19), Alderman Earnest Rafamoyo (Ward 20), Tinevimbo Maphosa (Ward 21) and Mpumelelo Moyo (Ward 26).

The swearing-in ceremony was presided over by BCC Town Clerk Christopher Dube while council chamber secretary Sikhangele Zhou assisted the councillors in reciting the oath.

In his remarks soon after the swearing-in ceremony, Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni urged all the councillors to work together across the political divide. He said:

For the first time in 20 years, we now have a multiparty chamber and we should work together as councillors for the City of Bulawayo.

We have been given the mandate to serve our people and we call upon unity in the cockpit and serve everyone equally and equitably and the committees should embrace each and every one of us.

Our mandate is to serve the people of Bulawayo. Our main mandate is carrying upon our shoulders the vision of the city, which is to be a smart and transformative city by the year 2024 and we expected all of us to champion this vision and be guided by the values of the city that is integrity, transparency, innovation, accountability, fairness and consultation.

More: Chronicle

By-Citizens Coalition for Change interim chairperson Tabitha Khumalo has rejected the proposed reunion of MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and his rival Thokozani Khupe, describing them as venomous serpents ready to strike at any time.

While Mwonzora has not expressed a desire to work with CCC, Khupe formally endorsed CCC candidates ahead of the March 26 by-elections.

Khumalo was among the first MDC Alliance MPs to be recalled by Mwonzora and Khupe in 2020 after the Supreme Court installed Khupe as MDC-T acting president. She said:
We have a situation where a snake sneaked into the house, swallowed all the kids and when we attempted to kill it we did not finish it off … And now we want it to be part of the family. No. You can’t bandage a snake because when it heals it will bite you.
It’s frightening to hear some people suggesting that we should form a coalition with Mwonzora before the next elections. We are where we are today because of Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe.

We can’t work with such people. People rejected them long back, they rejected them in the recent by-elections and continue rejecting them right now.
We just had by-elections in which people expressed their feelings. It’s important to have coalitions but people are saying we should not work hand in hand with Mwonzora and (Thokozani) Khupe. We can’t do what people don’t like.
MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube said they are willing to work with all opposition political parties, including CCC, ahead of the general elections scheduled for 2023.

Tinashe Sambiri|Controversial philanthropist Susan Mutami says Robert Mugabe Junior is a reckless and carefree character.

Mutami believes Mugabe ‘s association with Mr Emmerson Dambudzo is a direct insult to his family.

Mnangagwa, who was Robert Mugabe Senior’s disciple for 54 years, betrayed his boss and ousted him via a military coup in 2017.

Mutami urged Robert Mugabe Junior to distance himself from Mr Mnangagwa.

“If someone puts my parents under house arrest for months, harass and threaten to take their assets away if some conditions aren’t met I will never dine w someone who tormented them. I will always think of my mother’s pain, let alone threaten to exhume my Dad’s remains…

… and ur mum begging for assistance for Dad’s treatment. Tino in life loyalty is very important and always stand w those who stood by ur family at ur lowest. U are too young to be living a life of playing chess 24/7. It’s never too late to join
@CCCZimbabwe
…
… even ur Dad endorsed
@nelsonchamisa
before he died. Whoever is advising u to dine w
@edmnangagwa
is setting u up for failure. Think of all those who are in exile just for supporting ur Dad,” argued Mutami.

The late legendary musician Zex Manatsa’s son, who was born out of wedlock, wants to be identified with his real family and has since filed a change of surname notice.

Givemore Kudakwashe Madziya (38), said his relationship with his late father was good, despite being raised by a stepfather. He said:

Waking up each and every single day knowing that my dad is there always gave me that extra strength to face life’s obstacles and also wanting to emulate him.

He was a role model to many, and he was to me, as well.

On changing his surname at 38, Givemore said it was not his decision, but “God’s”. He added:

Besides, I have been a Manatsa since birth. It is now, where I am only making a correction of what might have been a mistake so that I re-discover the inner me.

I cannot keep running away from my own shadow, my blood is Manatsa and I have to do what is right by carrying my true identity.

He also said he was on good terms with Manatsa’s other children, Green, Aaron, Tendai, Freedom, Shingi and Taku.

He, however, refused to reveal his mother’s identity but spoke highly of his stepfather who raised him up. Said Givemore:

My mom is a very reserved person, hence publishing her name might drag her into the limelight from the media.

All I can say is that she is my number one role model and I am very proud of her.

… Growing up under the wings of my stepdad helped me a lot in becoming the man that I am today.

He was very supportive and did not segregate me from my other siblings (his kids).

We were all treated equally and for that, I will always be thankful to him. He has a golden heart.

Givemore’s half-brother, Green Manatsa, said he has always been part of his family. Said Manatsa:

He is one of us and there is no way we can hide it. He made the right decision to change his surname because it is every child’s wish to be identified with his blood.

We are always in touch and we do consult each other when there are family matters.

Zex Manatsa died in January this year after a long battle with cancer. He was 78.-HMetro

By A Correspondent- A machete-wielding man from Lupane allegedly force-marched his lover and her two children to his homestead at night and raped her in the presence of one of her minor children.

Brighton Ndlovu (27) of Madonjwa Village in Chief Mabhikwa was arrested for rape following the attack which happened on 25 March this year.

Ndlovu had met the complainant, who is 25-years-old, on 18 March and proposed love to her and she agreed.

It is alleged that the two did not meet again until the day of the alleged rape.

Ndlovu appeared for initial remand before Lupane resident magistrate Ndumo Masuku who remanded him in custody to Thursday, this week.

He was advised to apply to the High Court for bail.

Prosecutor Clive Gumbo told the court that Ndlovu, who was drunk, threatened to attack the complainant with a machete if she refused to go with him. Gumbo said:

On the 18th day of March, the accused proposed love to the complainant who accepted.

On the 25th of March at 10 PM, the accused who was drunk proceeded to the complainant’s place of residence.

He was armed with a machete.

The State further alleged that upon his arrival, Ndlovu knocked on the door while calling the complainant to open it for him.

The complainant opened the door and Ndlovu ordered her to wake her two children up and go with him to his homestead.

She complied in fear of being killed as the suspect was reportedly violent and armed.

Ndlovu, the complainant and her children passed by a neighbour’s place where they left one of the children before proceeding.

When they arrived at Ndlovu’s place of residence, he allegedly led the complainant to a kitchen hut where he ordered her to place her child on the floor and remove her clothes.

Ndlovu allegedly raped the woman once before ordering her to go back to her homestead.

She immediately informed her brother about the attack and a report was made to the police leading to Ndlovu’s arrest.-statemedia

By- Victoria Falls villagers on Saturday had a CAG Travellers bus accident to thank as they took several tonnes of free meat from the carcasses of three elephants that were killed in the accident.

A CAG Travellers bus travelling to Victoria Falls rammed into a herd of elephants, killing three of the animals on the spot.

The accident occurred about 35km outside Victoria Falls, just after 5 AM on Saturday near Mbizha turn off along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road.

The bus suffered extensive damage but all 18 passengers and the bus crew were not injured.

Passengers were switched to another bus and proceeded with their journey.

Villagers from nearby Masikili and Mbizha villages, as well as some from as far as Lupinyu (about 20km away), some from Victoria Falls City, Chikandakubi and Chenamisa gathered at the accident scene to get a share of the meat.

According to The Sunday News, some of the villagers came on bicycles, cars and scotch carts while some boarded public transport from Victoria Falls.

Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers and police officers were on the scene monitoring the situation.

The bus driver, Daniel Mapfumo, said he could not avoid hitting the jumbos because they appeared “suddenly” in the middle of the road. He said:

I suddenly saw the elephants and applied breaks while swerving to the left.

There were three groups so as I avoided the first, I saw another herd ahead.

The three were in the middle of the road and suddenly they turned at once, giving their back to the bus and they were hit at once.

Meanwhile, ZANU PF Hwange District Coordinating Committee chair Matthew Muleya urged drivers to be careful when driving along the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo road. He said:

Animals cross from the national park to communities so drivers should be cautious so that we save lives.

These buses travel at night and we urge them not to speed on this road.

By- MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is reportedly facing a revolt from senior party members who blame him for the party’s poor performance in the 26 March by-elections.

The MDC-T, which contested the polls as the MDC Alliance, failed to win a single seat in all the contested Parliamentary and Local Government seats.

MDC-T party officials are now accusing Mwonzora of lacking strategy by, among other things, openly associating with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU PF party.

The Standard reported a source as saying party bigwigs openly expressed their displeasure with Mwonzora’s leadership during a national council meeting that was held on Friday. Said the source:

Members were calling for a change of strategy to gain momentum, but the strategy is centred on the leadership.

Clearly, Mwonzora has lost ground. He can still claim to be the leader but the national council was a true reflection of how the party members felt about him. They have lost confidence in his leadership.

Reports suggest some senior party members are considering defecting to Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).

Mwonzora recently suspended MDC-T Harare provincial chairperson Zivanai Mhetu after he blamed him for his loss in Epworth in the by-elections.

Speaking to The Standard, Mhetu, who was on Friday blocked from entering Harvest House to attend the national council meeting chaired by Mwonzora, said:

I wanted to tell Mwonzora to step down as the party leader. Since the party was formed in 1999 we have never failed so dismally in elections.

Being the president means you are the chief executive officer of the party and so for us failing to win a single seat, we attribute it to the incompetent leader.

I can clearly state that Mwonzora is dining with ZANU PF.

More: The Standard

By- A Harare-based CAPS United fan, Elijah, popularly known as Mpostori was involved in a Road Traffic Accident on Sunday evening, the club said in a statement.

Elijah was travelling from Mutare just before Rusape when the accident occurred.

CAPS United said the vehicle was damaged but there were no injuries or fatalities. Read the statement:

Harare based fan Elijah popularly known as Mpostori was involved in a Road Traffic Accident this evening on his way from Mutare just before Rusape.

There were no fatalities or injuries, just some damage to the vehicle. We will update once full information is obtained.

Meanwhile, CAPS United was beaten 2-1 by Tenax in Sunday’s Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played at Sakubva Stadium.

Speaking after the match, CAPS United coach Lloyd “Lodza” Chitembwe blamed defensive blunders in crucial moments of the game for the loss. Soccer24quoted Chitembwe as saying:

Very disappointing from a results viewpoint, as well as performance.

What really happened is that we made some very crucial mistakes defensively during crucial moments of the game.

I’m extremely disappointed with the performance and the result.

By-Some teenage girls in Ntabazinduna who had dropped out of school after falling pregnant when schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic have returned to school.

An estimated 5 000 school girls countrywide fell pregnant last year during the lockdown and had to drop out of school.

According to the National Aids Council (NAC), Nhlambabaloyi Secondary in Matabeleland North Province had about 30 girls who dropped out of school in September 2021 after they fell pregnant during the lockdown.

The majority of the girls have reportedly returned to school after they were assisted with funds by Plan International. Councillor for Ward 6 in Ntabazinduna, Alexander Mkandla said:

These figures are from last year and the school children did drop out of school due to pregnancy and some have returned to school already, after giving birth.

They were taken by Plan International, however, not all of the girls returned to class.

The high rate of teenage pregnancy has been blamed on the prevalence of gold panning in the area.

Mkandla said some learners failed to return to school because they were ashamed of their situation while others got married.

He said the community welcomed the move to have the girls return to school.

The Government’s new position is that pregnant learners should be allowed to give birth and return to school to continue with their studies.

Previously, pregnant learners would be expelled from classes and fail to complete their studies.

It was considered unfair since only girls were expelled from school while the boys responsible for the pregnancies were allowed to continue with their education.

More: The Sunday News

Tinashe Sambiri| President Nelson Chamisa’s yellow revolution is simply unstoppable.

On Saturday CCC vice president Hon Lynette Karenyi- Kore addressed thousands of Citizens’ Coalition For Change supporters at Mushwai Business Centre, Gutu East Constituency.

According to CCC aspiring MP for Gutu East, Gift Gonese, the yellow movement is ready to romp to victory.

“We are highly motivated by President Chamisa’s six million votes initiative. We are working tirelessly to drum up support for the People’s President Advocate Chamisa.

Nobody can stop the citizens’ revolution.

We are glad to have the VP and several national leaders with us in the constituency,” said Gonese.

Gonese has unrolled an array of projects in the constituency.

In a statement CCC Masvingo said:
“Gutu East has bn invaded today. Mushwayi BC was painted yellow by the National Democratic Revolutionary trajectory @CCCZimbabwe . VP @KarenyiKore was the guest of honor accompanied by NVC Hon Zvidzai. @CCCMasvingo is now going rural. Thank you Masvingo Champions @nelsonchamisa.”